Motif
deceptive legal speech exploiting probability
deceptive_legal_speech_exploiting_probability
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 3437-3548 confidence: medium
Socrates says Tisias defines probability as what the many think and recounts a case in which a feeble valiant man robs a strong cowardly man; in court both parties should lie in ways shaped by probability.
Tisias' example advises both the weak accused man and strong complainant to lie in court according to what will seem probable.
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